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The Magical world has indeed exploded for me in rather surprisingly consistent episodes of work, achievement and continued exploration. I have not kept up with this blog as well as I should…or will have liked but I do have another WORD PRESS blog as well as a FACE BOOK PAGE and FACE BOOK profile…all of which I’ve been trying to keep updated. Grated the face book page has received the most attention because…well its easier and I’m on there more frequently.

For those of you who look into this blog from time to time. I have had some more publications come out. I have switched publishers for the time being and have been working with AZOTH Press. I recently contributed to their début book LIBER SPIRITUUM which is an excellent anthology of fellow magicians such as myself sharing their personal expertise.

Well, time, long in anticipation is now at hand :). AZOTH PRESS launched the official promotion and preorders for my next publication and legacy of my magical career!

Within the pages of “Gateways Through Light and Shadow”, I reveal the entirety of magical experiments which are around 30 unique experiments. Each of the records contain several evocations and magical experiments which were conducted over the span of four consecutive years. Each magical experiment was transcribed directly from audio recordings of the actual evocations. Accurate word for word record is entered into this magical record. Each evocation and experiment lasted an hour or more with detailed and in depth responses to questions which were put to the spirits. In most cases I asked the Angels and spirits questions which have been mysteries and enigmas, never before revealed in occult literature. A few of the opening questions were:

What is your origin and source. Can you tell us of this?
2. Is what the grimoires and historical text (if relevant Bible) say about you is true?
3. What is your true nature and workings with humanity? How do you consider humanity?
4. Are there any new talismans, spells, charms you can impart to us to harness the full benefit of your office(es)?
5. What are the best ways to contact you and work with you?

The seven planetary archangels are conjured, this time being revealed (scryed) by my magical partner with his exact relations and translations of their responses. Exquisite detail of his visions and experiences are recorded to give the reader a profound picture of the majesty and wonderment these beings exhibit. The responses my scryer and I received astounded us and left us in awe. We often discussed the workings hours after the actual operation and I include much of these conversations and debriefing as well. Without a doubt I believe the work my scryer and I have done has shed new light into the occult community.
Dr. Stephen Skinner author of, Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic, Techniques of Solomonic Magic, Complete Magician’s Tables, Dr John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries, Key to the Latin of Dr John Dee’s Spiritual Diaries , Geomancy in Theory & Practice, Goetia of Dr Rudd: Liber Malorum Spirituum, Keys to the Gateway of Magic, Veritable Key of Solomon (Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee’s Enochian Tables Techniques of High Magic, just to name a few has written the Introduction to this book.
To give you a taste of what you can expect in GATEWAYS THROUGH LIGHT AND SHADOW, allow me to share a bit of what the book will contain:
The Four Great Elements of Creation.
Exploring the Elements, Invocation and Astral travel through the Four elemental Realms
Elemental Implements.
The Elemental Fire Experience The Elemental Realm of Spirit, the Hospital Ghosts.
A Review of IMPLEMENTS AND MAGICAL TOOLS
Methods of Scrying in Classical magical Evocation
Revisiting The Archangels of the Seven Spheres:
A. Sol -Michael Operation
B. Mercury Raphael Operation
C. Of Jupiter -Sachiel Operation
D. Of Venus – Anael Operation
E. Of Mars- Samael Operation
Grimoire Necromancy Formula
Necromancy: The Skull Spirit Intelligencer
Of Saturn- Cassiel Operation
THE PREPARATION OF THE SKULL for the Familiar Spirit:
Of the Moon- Gabriel Operation
The CONJURATIONS of the SUPER-CELESTIAL ANGELS
Of Archangel Uriel- Uriel Operation
Sandalphon Operation
Of Metateon- Metareon Operation
Preparation for the Invocation of the Four Directional Governors or The “Four kings of the four corners of the Earth”
Oriens King of the East Operation
Amaymon, King of the South Operation.
Paymon, King of the West Operation.
Egyn King of the North Operation.

THE OLYMPIC SPIRITS: The PLANETARY SPIRITS OF THE ARBATEL

Archangel Raziel Operation

Scrying instruction from my scryer!

-Detailed instructions and relations on how each of the four elemental implements, as well as their unique consecration methods are included.
Step by step instruction and relation of how to assist a skryer or magical partner though hypnotic methods using classical forms of ritual/ceremonial magic and guiding them through astral experiences.

– Relations of my scryer journeying through the four primary elemental realms of classical occultism.

– Detailed paranormal investigation via the use of necromancy and ritual magic.

– The full process and experience of conjuring a spirit into a ritually prepared, actual human skull. The identity, process and continual council of the spirit after the successful operation.

– New magical talisman methods and creation as dictated by the spirits.

So yesterday I took my son camping and fishing…and attempted to take him canoeing. We went with his Grandfather who owned the canoe but had only used it twice on a calm reservoir. We ended up camping next to a sizable creek…more on the size of a river by not deeper than my waist in most parts but moving full and steady due to snow melt and plentiful rain fall.

Perhaps against better judgment both my son’s grandfather and I were eager to set the canoe in near the camp sit and ride the creek down all the way down to the reservoir. We could see it well enough from the road and all seemed easy enough to access. I may be fairly skilled in a rubber raft but in a canoe, well, no one was. We ended up not being able to paddle correctly, sticking the nose into the reeds, and spilling over the side into the freezing water…..It had been a while feeling that sort of cold and my son was not happy at all. Everyone had life jackets on and I was able to hold on to my son but several things ended up getting washed down the river and it took a an hour or so to get the canoe back to land…A fun little adventure and “waker up” but all in all nothing too dangerous or that caused anyone any real harm. My son was back to sitting near the river as soon as he got on dry clothes but uhh…didn’t want “to go fishing in the boat anymore”

The more interesting part was talking to my house spirit a day later. He went from commenting on my weekend to going into a lecture about baptism.
-According to my spirit, baptism wasn’t undergone quite the way its done or perceived now a days. He said that during its rise in popularity in the middle east, people and holy men (I assumed he met people like John the Baptist and Jesus himself) didn’t congregate around still pools and eddies along the river but considerable strong current areas. The areas themselves sparked a healthy level of fear in people who did not grow up in a culture where swimming and water sports was a recreational norm…at all. He said that most people then had a general fear of water then in that area and few even knew how to swim let alone cross swift rivers safely. Also becoming “submerged” was more synonymous with drowning and death than it was a test on how long one could hold their breath.
The combination of nearing death and entering into an immediate temperature change as well as sensory surroundings can and does have a particular effect on the human psyche. In the absence of sincere spirituality and devotion it can turn such activities into events for thrill junkies who keep going after a “high”. However under the correct circumstances, such an experience can have a profound affect on the persons will, psyche and life path. Thus baptism back in the day really was an experience of life (death) and rebirth for those daring and faithful enough to brave the “waters of death and rebirth”. The look on some of the faces my spirit showed to me in vision reminded me of my own emotions while going on the “Wild Hunt” and HGA spirit journey I describe in the HGA anthology published by NephilimPress.

I never really focused on “fear” being an element in baptism and a sacrifice of self in order to be reborn in faith. Certainly it would have required great faith to begin with as one by one, you saw people willingly submit themselves to the water and reemerged unscathed. A vision which quite possibly was novel and radical back in the day. my spirit reminded me that these activities were going on when showers and “bathing” was not a very widely practice custom or norm by any meaning of the…concept. I wish that I could recall every word he said and exactly how he said it (I was too busy taking in the lesson rather than writing it down) but the message was clear:
First of all, taking oneself out of the norm and comfort zone in order to seek out the unknown- abandoning safety and the familiar in favor of spiritual connection or enlightenment, is a prominent way of experiencing the divine. This aspect combine with all of the vital and mystical correspondences of water being of the underworld, the astral, the emotion and depth of our existence only compounds a truly mystical experience. Thirdly, the added element of “washing” of purifying body AND mind with the shock of immersion, when undergone with proper intent would truly be a rebirth in no subtle or purely symbolic form. These three aspects aided by a truly heavenly attention and support would yield a veritable and true baptism in every sense of the world. How many of us have actually been baptized in this way?
Were you afraid? Excited? In Awe? Shocked? Or was it just a smooth pleasant and familiar custom which became ingrained in our cultural norm centuries ago? Those of you who know me might guess that I’m after the raw and authentic experience. I strive to know the revelation behind the mystery which is transcendent of repetitious ceremony. I love any opportunity to behold aspects of a mystery which requires exuberant faith, trust, and courage to even approach.
What value without fear, risk, trust and devotion…..What better way to know the expression of love from your heart authentic and unbidden.

October 16th-18th, 2015

The 4th Annual SOMA Western Mystery Conference. This years SOMA Western Mystery Conference promises to be phenomenal. SOMA is more diversified than ever; bringing in speakers from such rich and varied traditions as Wicca, AA, Martinism, Kabbalah, Ceremonial Magic, OTO, Chaos, Freemasonry and of course, Golden Dawn. Tickets available here!

Schedule of event are as follows:

Friday October 16th : 10am -7PM Lectures and Lunch

Friday October 16th: 7pm-10pm – Meet and Greet, Book Signing Ware selling and Opening Group Ritual.

After A MUCH overdo waiting period my first book, GATEWAYS THROUGH STONE AND CIRCLE is finally available in paperback!!! This second edition will feature new artwork, book corrections in spelling and Hebrew and also about 20+ pages more of additional information and writing!!!

Also to those whom have read my book I ask that you please share your review on there as well! 🙂
I also want to take this time to say that my second volume and follow up to ‘GATEWAYS’ is well underway. Its over 200 pages already and still has much more to go into it for completion. Not to keep readers on pins and needles but I can hardly wait to share this book as I believe it will FAR OUTDO my first volume by light years.
In this second book I am sharing the complete working of the past three years of my scryer and I going through a torrent of magical evocations and experiences. Each account is a DIRECT transcription of the audio recordings of EACH evocation to make sure the information was transferred truthfully and complete afterword and also to judge and reflect on the results which followed. including:

-Astral projections into the 4 Elemental Realms and evoking the Kings of the 4 Elemental realms.
A complete cycle of evoking the 7 Planetary Archangels as listed in my first book, GATEWAYS THROUGH STONE AND CIRCLE. With startling information, relations, results, experiences with new talismans, magical methods and instructions from the archangels.
In addition, relations of our experiences and results summoning Archangel Uriel, Metatron, and Sandalphon are shared.

-Contacting, ghosts, true accounts of paranormal investigation via magic and traditional scrying methods as well as verifying contacts and results. True necromancy work. Also I will be sharing how I successfully conjured a helper (house) spirit into a skull that has since acted as my personal advisor) and mediator between the spiritual and physical world.

-The Mighty 4 KINGS or governor, Guardians of the 4 directions are shared and revealed in this work, fitting the missing sections of the ancient grimoires and magical texts together in a more cohesive and complete system. Much is revealed by the spirits and angels themselves.

-The 7 Olympic Spirits are contacted in startling new clarity and information on how to work with them through the culmination of DSIC, Arbatel, and The Secret Grimorie of Turiel.

Fairly recently I began offering magical services in the area of magical consulting, spellwork, and talisman/implement constructing.

In the past years I have enjoyed speaking with those who have come seeking my perspective on matters which typically relate to the magical grimoires and their practice. Although I in no way consider my viewpoint and experience the end all to classical magical working, I am happy to share what I have learned with those who value my time.
A major reason why I have not blogged much in the last year or so is greatly due to my schedule filling up beyond belief. Besides writing books and tiredly continuing my own magical rituals, more and more eager magicians have come to me asking my assistance and feedback regarding their own work. A few have commissioned me to create magical items for them that they themselves do not have the skill or time to make themselves. I found I have enjoyed doing this for the individuals who truly appreciate what I do and the time and effort which goes into my magical work.

Those who know me and know my work, KNOW that I take magical pursuits very seriously and am not interested in cutting corners on conducting rituals, striving for unambiguous results, and conducting rituals with the proper implements and paraphernalia. In the area of classical magical I have a very particular approach and have realized I am not the only one.

For those of you on the path of traditional western ceremonial/ritual magick, the Solomonic strain of grimoric evocation/invocation, and conjuration, if there is a matter you think I could help you with then you may wish to consider the following services I am now providing:
Magical consulting price list:

-For Skype or other visual/audio media conference: $125.00 per hour.

-For Instant Messaging over Social media: $90.00 per hour.

– For email assistance and correspondence for your particular issue, price will be adjusted based on length of teaching/coaching, and feedback etc.

– Spellwork will be considered and priced after initial inquiry and consideration of your request. I am unlikely to assist anyone who is wishing to manipulate another, bring them under your control, put a love or hex on anyone or other such nonsense. If your motivations and reasons for magic are in any way suspect I will most likely not take your case.

Making veritable magical implements is also my forte as I have made countless vestments, implements, and other such items used in ceremonial magick based from the Solomonic strain of ceremonial magic. If you need an Item based of the Key of Solomon, The Lesser Key or Lemegeton, Heptomeron, Grimorium Verum, The Grand Grimoire, The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, etc. I have either made them already or could make them as they are specified in the actual grimoire. My abilities and expertise are not limited to the above works of magic however so if you are interested in an art or implement outside of this realm feel free to inquire.

I also have made the ritual items for DSIC as I describe in my book, Gateways Through Stone and Circle not only for myself but for other serious magicians as well.

Many if not most grimoric items are quite difficult to make properly. The materials which go into them are typically expensive and difficult to come by as well. I time the crafting of such implements seriously and will adhere to the times and planetary alignments listed in the Key of Solomon if they are not specifically listed in the grimoire they originate from.

It’s hard to believe it has been over a year! And What a year! I was so worried that my smaller magical room would dampen or dissuade me from consistent magical working …and boy was I wrong. Hands down, the most successful magical operations I have conducted to date has been in my “new” magical chamber. The modest sized room has been the location for the majority of the material which my next book will be about. Archangels, spirit kings, ghosts and elementals, all contacted in no subtle way in that room. Funny how things work out. Not only did I have a suitable place for magical workings, I also received first hand results on how a house and area can indeed be cleared by magical, albeit holy workings.

A quick synopsis for those not wanting to read or reread my post about clearing the house after we first moved in: The very night of the move we immediately began having haunting type activity to the point where no one could sleep very well and my wife demanded I do a clearing as soon as possible. Well after a rather intense room to room clearing with magical sword,…and an unexpected encounter with an elongated spirit with blurred, milky white features who demanded I “get all my stuff out”,… it turns out the back-story would right around the corner.

Several months ago, my wife pulled up in front of our house to find one of those plastic and fabric flowers near a tree in our front yard with a message attached t it. The message was an obvious note to someone who had passed away and how much the one who left the flower had missed them. A bit of research done by my wife found the name written on the note matching a one of a previous owner of the house and also a news article. The article outlined a tragedy in which some sort of conflict had broken out where the now deceased man had been in angered state and was firing off rounds in the backyard when police were called. The details which ensued afterward are vague but resulted in the man being shot and killed in the backyard, our backyard now.

Several months after finding the flower and news article my scryer and I were in my magical chamber talking to my –fm- house spirit at its request. My –fm- spirit mentioned to us that the man who had been shot and killed in our backyard should be “called, given a blessing, and reassessed” at some point in the near future. I thought this was interesting albeit a bit random concerning the main topic we were talking to the spirit for. Also, the spirit thing that appeared (right in my face) didn’t want to talk or reason with me but jest kept issuing orders so I had to send it on its merry-astral way. My –fm- spirit which came along later (and shall be another post), mentioned that it was not a deceased person but a being that came in “from the land” and was rather disliking of people but apparently enjoyed making them angry, spooked, irritable, and so on.

Ironically (or not) my wife and I were contacted by the deceased man’s mother who also lived in the house less than a week later. Apparently she wanted to know if we would allow her in the backyard with some specialist to go over the details of her son’s death and see if there was any provable discrepancies on the side of the officer shooting and killing her son. She also left her number and asked if either my wife or I could call and speak with her concerning this. My wife called the next day and had a rather interesting conversation with the woman.. She at first spoke about the history and the fact that her son had been shot and killed there and was apologetic to break the news to us to which my wife said that she had already found out and was aware of the situation. The woman went on to ask my wife if we had “experienced any unusual phenomena” and described how she had always hear footsteps, find windows in the downstairs open, and other unusually occurrences. Besides this she also remarked how the family were always fighting, how there was always a tension in the air there. My wife said that there had been occurrences but that her husband was sort of an expert in this area and knew how to get rid of it and that the house was peaceful. …Apparently this woman had already done a bit of background checking on both myself and my wife and found out that I’m a magician :-0… (it’s really not hard to do these days…ohh well) Luckily she was not antagonistic towards me or my wife knowing this fact and actually delighted to hear that I had done something about the haunting. I continue to find it rather amusing how the realities of my life tend to play out like a not so boring paranormal occult novel. Not that I’m complaining, but it does make you shake your head and smile at just how interesting life can be and how very few would ever believe it.

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About the Author

Bryan Garner/Frater Ashen Chassan is a practicing occultist and grimoric traditionalist who has been involved in Western ceremonial magic since 1999. His passions center closely on reproducing experiments from the Solomnic magical text and exploring their effectiveness.
His approach is a serious study of historic forms of magic and spirit communication.
He is the author of Gateways through Stone and Circle, a manual of evocation for the planetary intelligence.
He currently lives in Colorado with his wife and son. Besides his occult pursuits, he enjoys the outdoor activities of Colorado, studying celtic myth and legend, and teaching at Kashiwa Bujinkan Ninjutsu Dojo, his Japanese martial art center.